Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Targets

[posted by Callimachus]

The Yezidi, smashed by terrorists, were an especially vicious choice of a target. Recall Michael J. Totten's visit among them:

Night was coming soon and it was getting colder outside. Birzo and I started to get shifty. We needed to get moving.

“Thank you so much for meeting with me,” I said and firmly shook Baba Sheikh’s hand.

“All people in the world should be brothers,” he said. “You are always welcome here for the rest of your life.”